A 43-year-old suspect was on Sunday 23 February 2020, arrested by police in Thohoyandou on charges of allegedly raping five minor children aged between 4 and 10 years at Tswinga Gotha village.
Two of the alleged rape survivors aged 8 and 10, are from the same family and were allegedly raped on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 February 2020 respectively. The other three survivors aged 4, 7 and 9 are from different families.
It is alleged that all the survivors were forced by the suspect to his place of residence where he allegedly raped them in his house. Community members received information, caught the suspect and started assaulting him. The police were alerted and reacted swiftly. The suspect was then rescued and arrested.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, has strongly condemned these incidents and has instructed members of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offenses (FCS) Unit to tighten all the screws when investigating these cases to secure a conviction.
The suspect appeared in Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court on Monday 24 February 2020 on five counts of rape.
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